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Rehaniya
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Rehaniya (, , ), also spelled Reihaniyye, is a Circassian town in northern Israel. It is one of the only two Circassian towns in Israel, the other being Kfar Kama. Located about 8 km north of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In , it had a population of .

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Place details

Locality
מועצה אזורית מרום הגליל
Region
מחוז הצפון
Country
ישראל
Population
1,195

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Key facts

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Rehaniya
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Local council
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Israel northeast#Israel
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Name meaning
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Myrtle
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District
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Northern
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Council
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Merom HaGalil
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Founded
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1878
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Official name
Рихьаные
Population
1228
Elevation
698
Image
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Commons category
Rehaniya
Gini coefficient
1123
inception
1880-00-00
native label
רִיחָאנִיָּה
vocalized name
רִיחָאנִיָּה
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  • History
  • British Mandate era
  • 1948, aftermath
  • State of Israel
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Rehaniya (, , ), also spelled Reihaniyye, is a Circassian town in northern Israel. It is one of the only two Circassian towns in Israel, the other being Kfar Kama. Located about 8 km north of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In , it had a population of .

==History== The Circassians arrived in the Middle East after they were pushed out of their homeland in the North Caucasus as the result of the Circassian genocide. The Circassians, who fought during the long period wherein the Russians captured the northern Caucasus, were massacred and expelled by Tsarist Russia from the North-Western Caucasus mountains. The Ottoman Empire absorbed them in their territory, and settled them in sparsely populated areas, including the Galilee in Beirut Vilayet (Ottoman Syria).

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